The fact is that the "first version" was put out early so that hardware hackers and developers could get their hands on the phone in advance. The hardware is simply not ready for consumers, but hopefully with the help of all the people who have bought the hardware and are hacking on it we will have a good product when GTA02 is launched. GTA02 will use the same software, and the things that benefit the GTA01 will carry over to the GTA02 -- the difference is that the GTA02 will have better hardware, allowing it to be more useful and competitive in the marketplace. More hardware options is a good thing, and the software will improve -- so buy a phone now and get hacking, start writing software on your own computer and wait to buy hardware, or just sit it out and wait for the consumer-ready product to come out (in about a year, by my relatively uneducated estimation).
<br><br>Hope that clears up the current state of things a bit.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Doug Sutherland</b> <<a href="mailto:doug@proficio.ca">doug@proficio.ca</a>> wrote:
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I have not purchased a Neo yet but I bid on one and
ebay and lost.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Just wanted to say, I hope that the focus on making
calls is top </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">on the priority list. It seems a bit bizarre that
there is another </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">version in the works when you can't make calls on
the first. It </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">would make more sense to get the basics of calling
working on </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">version one before even talking about WIFI and
accelerometers.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">A phone that cannot make calls: not a
phone!</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> -- Doug</font></div></div>
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